On Wednesday, Christie's expects to make up to £145 million at its bi-annual Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale which includes The Art of the Surreal Evening Sale each February. Many of the pieces haven't been on public display for decades, but ...full story
Featuring works from Bibi (Nigeria) and Shefali (Denmark), this week-long exhibition exposes the artists' shared passion for African art. The works reveal the unique and varied aspects of African culture and lifestyle and are vibrant, colourful and ...full story
New Delhi: It was trouble in paradise for art lovers as art exhibitions in Bangalore and Delhi were targeted by right wing activists. Artist Anirudh Sainath's paintings at the Chitrakala Parishath were taken off after the art academy received threat ...full story
While Durga Vahini members were busy opposing the modern nude art exhibition in New Delhi on Monday, the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (CKP), the premier art gallery in Bangalore, quietly removed nude paintings of a New Delhi-based artist Anirudh ...full story
It doesn't necessarily mean there are radically more home grown Asian galleries on Art Basel's roster. In fact, the main Galleries section boasts no first-timers from the region, though new names like Take Ninagawa of Tokyo and Silverlens of the ...full story
In 2008 he returned to Beijing to become Vice President of China's foremost art institution, the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). He has exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; and the ...full story
Mallgoers had the rare opportunity to view the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence Competition's award winning artworks for the past twenty eight years during the recent launch of the Art MADE in Public exhibit at the Block of SM City North EDSA. After ...full story
A teenager who graffitied two Tasmanian stores ``for everyone to see'' has been ordered to pay more than $11,500. Supreme Court Chief Justice Ewan Crawford said he had contemplated giving the 18-year-old a suspended jail term but decided against it ...full story
Alif Gallery, in the gleaming Gherkin-esque Park Towers in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), is the first gallery dedicated to Central Asian art in the Middle East, and it is causing quite a stir. Already receiving attention from the ...full story
The dreamlike romance of the place was awakened by a Saadat Hussain Manto reading session by the bards of passion — 'Urduwallahs' in David Sasoon Library garden at Kala Ghoda festival in Mumbai. The magic was heightened by an old soul in feline ...full story